Neocolonialism argues that postcolonial governments
a. are ruled by the military
b. do not benefit the leaders of those countries
c. came to serve the interests of Western corporations
d. are inherently too weak to govern
c. came to serve the interests of Western corporations
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A communist regime
a. has rule by a single leader or small group of leaders, limited political participation, existent but limited autonomy of society from state control, the lack of an overarching ideology, and limited control over the economy. b. is characterized by an effort to remake society and "atomize" the population. It includes an official ideology; a single mass political party, usually with a single leader, that has a monopoly of political power; a secret police force and the use of terror against the population; a monopoly over means of communication; a monopoly over weapons in society; and a command economy. c. seeks to remake society in the name of the working class through, among other things, state ownership of the means of production. d. engages in militarism and emphasizes remaking society along racial, religious, or ethnic lines. e. is one in which the central government has authority over all lower levels of government, and those lower levels have no powers reserved for them.
Describe Harvard scholar, sociologist Theda Skocpol's recent theory on revolution
A) Revolutions nearly always fail because states, even those that are poorly managed, simply have too much power at their disposal. B) Revolutions primarily bubble up from below, but are usually aided by an explicitly incompetent state leader. C) Governments caught in situations they are able to manage become distracted nevertheless, which leads to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below. D) Governments caught in situations they cannot manage lead to revolutions, rather than such rebellions simply bubbling up from below.
Explain what earmarks are and how they are related to interest group politics.
What will be an ideal response?
President Thomas Jefferson wanted _____ to be a "wall of separation between church and state."
A) the supremacy clause of Article VI B) the reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment C) the establishment clause of the First Amendment D) the preferred-position doctrine E) the Supreme Court